Blue shark

A woman has been rescued off the UK coast after being bitten by a shark. The snorkeler sustained a leg injury in the attack in Cornish waters.

The coastguard team met the casualty at Penzance harbour to assist with passing them into the care of the ambulance service." The British Sea Fishing website reports: "Blue shark attacks on humans are extremely rare but have been recorded. A woman has been rescued off the UK coast after being bitten by a shark.

A spokesperson said: “HM Coastguard sent Penzance Coastguard Rescue Team to meet a snorkeler who suffered a suspected shark bite. READ MORE.

The British Sea Fishing website reports: “Blue shark attacks on humans are extremely rare but have been recorded. “The coastguard was notified just before 12.30pm on Thursday [July 28]. It is believed the swimmer suffered a leg injury. woman is believed to have been bitten in the leg by a blue shark as she snorkeled off the coast off Penzance in Cornwall.

Blue Shark Snorkel Trips, the company that organised the tour, said such incidents were “extremely rare” and they were “in continued talks with shark experts” ...

“The coastguard was notified just before 12.30pm on Thursday. It is believed the swimmer suffered a leg injury. “Thank you to the trip team for getting me back to shore quickly and carefully and making me feel as safe as I possibly could. We immediately enacted our emergency response plan, with first aid being carried out on the person involved.

Shark expert Wayne Comben, who has spent over 20 years shark fishing and has caught and released 'hundreds' of blue sharks, said he wasn't surprised by the ...

In my opinion, it was only a matter of time before someone got bitten by a blue shark. The extent of her injuries are unknown but not thought to be serious. The last recorded unprovoked 'attack' was at Felixtowe when a windsurfer's board was bitten by a shark in 2016. The company involved in this incident, Blue Shark Snorkel, today acknowledged the incident and posted a statement by the victim. “They are quite benign and don't seek people out. A shark expert has warned of the dangers of snorkelling with the predators after a swimmer was bitten off the coast of Britain - the first attack of its kind in 175 years.

The swimmer was taking part in a 'snorkel with sharks' experience when they were injured. They said it was a 'very scary incident'

With this in mind, Discover Cornwall has been launched to highlight everything that makes Cornwall special, from the quirky to the fascinating and the historical to the downright weird and wonderful. "Thank you to the trip team for getting me back to shore quickly and carefully and making me feel as safe as I possibly could. A spokesperson for Blue Shark Snorkel Trips said: "We want to make everyone aware that we have had an incident. "As we know, these things can happen when we choose to interact with wild animals in their own environment. A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) has now said: “We were called at 12.31hrs on Thursday 28 July to an incident on the coast at Penzance. We sent a double-crewed land ambulance and conveyed one patient to Treliske Hospital”. Blue Shark Snorkel Trips has confirmed that the swimmer was taking part in a 'snorkel with sharks' experience when the incident happened.

A woman on a Blue Shark spotting snorkel trip has been bitten by a shark in a very rare incident. Blue sharks are amazing, non aggressive, visitors to the ...

Blue Shark Snorkels website states “We normally head 10-20 miles off shore. The sharks may appear after 30 minutes or 3 hours. “As we know, these things can happen when we choose to interact with wild animals in their own environment. “ “We all take these risks when we enter the habitat of a predator and we can never completely predict the reactions of a wild animal. “I just wanted to say that despite how the trip ended, it was amazing to see such majestic creatures in the wild and I don’t for a second want this freak event to tarnish the reputation of an already persecuted species.

A snorkeller suffered a leg injury after being bitten by a blue shark while on an organised shark-snorkelling trip off the coast of Cornwall.

Blue Shark Snorkel released a statement, which said: “As we know, these things can happen when we choose to interact with wild animals in their own environment. In their FAQs, they even state ‘We provide the guidance and advice but you swim with them knowing there is a risk'. The incident occurred on Thursday 28 July, but is only making the news now – and as you'd expect, the mainstream media are having a field day about ‘a shark attack off the UK coastline', with many failing to mention that the woman in question was many miles offshore on an organised trip that uses frozen chum in the water to bring in the blue sharks for close encounters.

Several species visit Cornish waters every year - including blue sharks, porbeagle sharks and basking sharks. There are also some other species of shark that ...

They are more likely to be spotted between June and October. Porbeagle sharks have been spotted in and around the waters in Cornwall, though they are usually found in deep waters. They are most likely to be sighted between June and October. They can grow up to 4m in length. Later in the same month another beach in West Dorset had to be closed for an hour and a half due to another blue shark." They were bitten on the leg and taken to Royal Cornwall Hospital at Truro.